October 2010
2 posts
Hiker Lost Behind My House For Six Days Actually...
Here’s something that’s actually cheery: Los Angeles downtown property broker Ed Rosenthal was found alive and in relatively good shape after six days lost in the western canyons of Joshua Tree National Park. He went missing after taking a day hike in celebration of closing the sale of LA’s cheesy old Clifton’s Cafeteria.
It’s a weird place on this side of the...
September 2010
4 posts
And at a time when so much cultural expression seems secondhand and retrospective, young artists have much to learn from Wagner’s mad ambition. A few words, first, on the question of money. Opera is expensive, yes, but in the latter-day annals of extravagance it wins no prize. A budget of $16 million, or even $31 million, is hardly extreme for a four-part production that will unfold over two...
Kill Devil Hills
So this picture of the blog’s proprietor over here ——> was taken at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, which was on the teevee all day Thursday because of the hurricane. I was in Elizabeth City, N.C., a couple of years ago, doing a story on the Ron Paul Blimp for Radar magazine. And one day, thanks to nothing going on, I drove out to Kill Devil Hills to see where the Wright...
